Randy Billings is a government watchdog and political reporter who has been covering Portland City Hall for the Press Herald since 2012. His beat touches on a wide range of topics, including immigration, homelessness, education, tourism, real estate development and the economy in Maine’s largest city. He has been a Portland-based journalist since 2005. A life-long Mainer who loves the outdoors, Randy is also a bassist who brews his own beer at his North Yarmouth home, where he lives with his wife and two children.
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PublishedApril 22, 2019
Office building proposed in Portland’s India Street neighborhood
The $7 million project at 170 Fore St. is the third project of four proposals for a block that only a few years ago was largely undeveloped.
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PublishedApril 21, 2019
Efforts by Portland, state navigate path out of chronic homelessness
The so-called ‘housing first’ approach creates stability and takes pressure off shelters, but so far, the suburbs aren’t buying into it.
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PublishedApril 21, 2019
What is ‘housing first’?
‘We really feel housing is itself therapeutic,’ says Preble Street’s Hillary Colcord, the director of Huston Commons.
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PublishedApril 17, 2019
Search narrows as Portland rules out site near county jail for new homeless shelter
A City Council committee is asking the council to choose between a vacant lot on Commercial Street and land on Riverside Street.
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PublishedApril 17, 2019
Maine gets federal support to help homeless
Maine agencies will receive help for the homeless and those with mental health and substance use disorders.
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PublishedApril 15, 2019
Portland activists look to create a local clean elections program
Maine Citizens for Clean Elections and the League of Women Voters of Maine also want to ask Portland voters to extend ranked-choice voting to City Council and Portland Board of Public Education races.
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PublishedApril 11, 2019
Maine tribe to receive federal grant to support crime victims
The Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Tribe will receive nearly $330,000 in federal funding to expand existing services for victims of intimate partner violence, sexual assault, dating violence, sex trafficking, stalking and elder abuse.
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PublishedApril 11, 2019
Body of missing man recovered from ocean off Acadia National Park
Maine Marine Patrol pulled the body of Adam Emmett, 45, from the water near Thunder Hole at around noon Thursday.
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PublishedApril 8, 2019
Low-income housing with waterfront views in Portland sold to investment firm
The existing 140 units at Munjoy South must remain available for low-income renters until 2042, but any new development could be market-rate.
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PublishedApril 2, 2019
Paddleboats, zipline could be new additions to Portland’s Deering Oaks Park
A life-sized, bronze statue of the great black hawk that took up residence in the park over the winter is one of several possible new features.
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